Part 11 | How can God Forgive?

Last week we looked at Israel's great trespass; while Moses was up on the mountain with God, they fashioned an idol and worshipped it. Moses hopes that "perhaps I can make atonement", but he cannot. We read further to find that God somehow is able to renew the covenant and dwell with and bless these "stiff-necked" people. How can a Holy God grant amnesty to a people who have thought and acted this way?